PREVIEW: Queen of Glory (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Nana Mensah (The Film You Did Not See), Meeko Gattuso (Oddball and the Penguins), Oberon K.A. Adjepong (The Many Saints of Newark), Adam Leon (film debut), Ward Horton (Annabelle), Madeline Weinstein (Beach Rats), Russell G. Jones (Side Effects), Purva Bedi (The Surrogate), Jocelyn Kuritsky (Peace After Marriage), Anya Migdal (Dovid Meyer), Alok Tewari (Shelter), Maria-Christina Oliveras (New Brooklyn), Arlene Chico-Lugo (What It Is)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Nana Mensah (film debut), director, writer; Baff Akoto (Football Fables), Anya Migdal (film debut), Kelley Robins (Space Jam: A New Legacy) and Jamund Washington (Gimme the Loot), producers; Cybel Martin (No Problema), cinematographer; Cooper Troxell (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Sarah Obeng (Mensah), an intelligent Ghanian-American doctoral student, leaves her Ivy League PhD to follow her married boyfriend Lyle (Leon) to Ohio. However, when her mother suddenly dies, and is left her small but respected Christian bookstore in the Bronx, Sarah grapples with her cultural heritage as well as her own path…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Director/writer/star Nana Mensah announces herself as a bold new storytelling force in this bright and winning comedy-drama that celebrates the importance of cultural heritage.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 26TH AUGUST 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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